diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f0c16e58f..36c32bd7f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 *.sw[po]
 .stack-work
 dist
+.cabal-sandbox
+cabal.sandbox.config
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a994af67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Setup.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/protolude.cabal b/protolude.cabal
index 2ad777ed4..63a79ff41 100644
--- a/protolude.cabal
+++ b/protolude.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 name:                protolude
 version:             0.1.0
-synopsis:            A sensible start of defaults
+synopsis:            A sensible set of defaults for writing custom Preludes.
+description:         A sensible set of defaults for writing custom Preludes.
 homepage:            https://github.com/sdiehl/protolude
 license:             MIT
 license-file:        LICENSE
@@ -16,6 +17,12 @@ tested-with:
   GHC == 7.10.3
 Bug-Reports:         https://github.com/sdiehl/protolude/issues
 
+description:
+    A sensible set of defaults for writing custom Preludes.
+Source-Repository head
+    type: git
+    location: git@github.com:sdiehl/protolude.git
+
 library
   exposed-modules:     
     Protolude
@@ -41,7 +48,7 @@ library
     async            >= 2.1 && <2.2,
     deepseq          >= 1.3 && <= 1.5,
     containers       >= 0.5 && <0.6,
-    semiring-simple  >= 1.0 && <1.1,
+    semiring-simple  >= 0.1 && <1.1,
     mtl              >= 2.1 && <2.3,
     transformers     >= 0.4 && < 0.6,
     text             >= 1.2 && <1.3,